Gurganous v. Camp Manufacturing Co.

Was the plaintiff engaged in the operation of a logging road at the time of his injury?

Eecognizing that the risk and hazard of railroad operations were of such imminently dangerous character, the liberal and enlightened thought of the State undertook to protect and safeguard workmen who, in the pursuit of their daily bread, were constantly subjected to such hazards. The first step toward such liberalization was taken by the courts, and thereafter the law-making body began to extend it further by statute. Consequently, subsequent to 1897 an employee of any railroad company, operating in this…